Belial, Calabite Prince of Fire (Alternate)

By Rolland Therrien

The world is fuel, and must be consumed by the flames. So that not
but Ash remain in Lucifer's name

There is a reason Hell is associated with flames: Belial is that reason.

All the Princes originally named by Lucifer hold a position of
Importance in the First Balseraph's court: Asmodeus is Lucifer's
spymaster, Baal his general, Kronos his grand vizir, and Kobal his
jester. Thus, one might wonder: What is Belial's purpose in Hell?

The answer is simple: Belial is Lucifer's personal Hit Man.

Well, the actual term in Demonic is hard to translate, as it combines
"Assassin", "Executionner", "Tormentor", "Terrorizer" and "Sadist", all
in one. Simply put, Belial is the guy who does Lucifer's "Dirty Work"
for him. Whenever Lucifer wants someone dead, whenever he wants a
Tether destroyed, whenever he wants someone to suffer, Infernal Fire
is assigned that task, and one of Belial's Servitors gleefully goes out
to torture, destroy and kill in the name of Hell.

This direction in life is a result of Belial's obsession with claiming
the Word of Fire all for himself, an obsession which he held since his
days in Heaven, when he sided with Lucifer for the promise of the Word
of Fire. Lucifer kept his promise as best he could, and in return,
Belial has kept his loyalty to Lucifer, becoming the First Balseraph's
personal scourge.

He has modeled himself and his Word to become a dark, twisted mockery
of everything Gabriel stands for: Where she is Energy, he is Entropy.
Where she is a light of hope, He is a flame of despair. Where she
delivers God's bright messages, he delivers Lucifer's dark warnings.
Where she punishes the Cruel, he harms all with equal cruelty.

Every now and then, Lucifer requires Belial himself to go out and kill
for Hell. Oannes, the Archangel of Water's death, was one such task.
After Vephar was killed, Lucifer decided to send a warning to Heaven
about the price of killing a Prince, and had Belial murder the
Archangel. It was about this time that Gabriel's rage aimed at Belial
began grating at her. Belial has, thus far, avoided direct
confrontation with the Ofanite Archangel, and has executed a War of
Nerves against her, to drive her insane enough to send her running at
him madly... at which point Belial will be waiting for her with
everything he has to throw at her, before taking out the physically,
mentally and spiritually weakened Gabriel.

It matters little to Belial how long it takes him to destroy her...
a slow burn is just as good as a quick explosion, to him.

Dissonance

Demons of Fire, once sent on an assignment, can not afford
to fail. They gain a note of dissonance everytime an attempt at
destroying a target fails. Multiple failures will accumulate
dissonance, which encourages the Demons to not fail. In fact,
dissonance- and Discord-ridden Fire Demons are often made targets
themselves, as object lessons.

Band Attunements

Balseraphs: Balseraphs of Fire specialize in though patsies and other third
parties. They gain an Ethereal Force bonus at using their resonance
to convince a subject to kill or destroy through Fire.

Djinn: Djinn of Fire can freely harm their subjects of attunement, but
only if they use heat and fire. Using any means other than Fire causes
Band dissonance, however. They tend to take their times, observing
their targets for months at a time, studying their every detail before
striking with vicious precision.

Calabim: Unchanged from canon.

Habbalah: Rather then convince people they're on Fire, Punishers of
Fire get a Bonus equal to their Celestial Forces to impose the burning
passion of Fury on their targets. They often use their Resonnance to
cause a living target to engage in self-destructive behavior.

Lilim: Unchanged from canon. Lilim of Belial, when not on specific
assignments themselves, tend to serve as Fixers, getting other Fire
Demons what they need, when they need it, in exchange for the usual
favors.

Shedim: Unchanged from canon.

Impudites: Unchanged from canon. They're always on the lookout for
arsonists to recruit for Belial.